Peter keffer



UNITED STAWENTOFFICE@ A PETERKEEEER, 0E READING, PENNsYLvANIA. 1

BOOT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,436, dated December :13, 1859'.`i i t i To all whom 'it may concern: y Be it known that I, PETER KEFFER,of Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Boots; and `I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

Figure l, is a view of a piece of leather cut in form ready for foldingto makethe entire upper leather of a boot. Fi 2, is a view of the upperleather folded together and closed by a single seam. l

My invention consists of an improved mode of making'boots by folding andham-` mering in the crimp instead of crimping in the usual manner, or,of cutting and sewing directly in front of the instepyand also in`closing the leg by a single seam at the ankle.. i

In making a boot according to my improved mode the leather for the upperis first cut in form as seen in Fig. l, A, being intended for the toe ofthe boot and B for the leg. Then the corner or fla C, is brought down tothe point C, and the` fold from the instep to the toe is hammered downso as to make a short or close fold. Then the corner or Hap D, Fig. l,is broughtback to the point D', Fig. 2, andthe fold on the front part'of the leg is hammered down. Thus the leather is brought into properform at the instep without crimping. Now the corner or viap E, Fig. 1,is brought forwardto meet the point E, Fig. 2, and thus the entire upperleather may be nislied `by a single seam from D, to C', Fig. Q. `Thisconstruetion has the advantage of avoiding a seam directly infront wherea seam ismoreliable to rip or to chafe the foot. `By placingmy seam somedistance from the front median linev the strain in putting on the bootis not so likely to tear the leather as when the crimp is cut in andthen sewed directly in front. With the seam at onesideltheboot il moreelegant` in appearancewhen new and 13g keeps its shape much betterwhenold. `But` the saving of time "by mymode of making: boots is thegreatest advantage, therebeingL501tv only one seam to close and no timelost 1n" crimping theleathera y t I `My improvement is attended alsowith fa great saving of leather there being less waste" y 155 than inthe usual1 manner. f y; y .1

Theboot may besoled andjinished` inthe usual manner,` and an ornamentaltopmay be addedif desirable. l f 1t I I am awarethat gait-ers havefbeenmade in various waysfwithout crimping the leather, there being usuallyaseam directly infront, or a gusset at the side requiring two pieces ofleatherto complete the ankle `andjtwo seams or a seam andthe usuallacing;` therefore I do not claim these` improvements, but limit myselfto the improvement in` boots, the legsof whichrequire much `more `bend-`ing or stretchingof the leather at. theankle on account of the lengthofthe boot leg being greater than that lof a gaiter.` i y ,g

Previous `to my invention the `entire upper of a boot was"never made`ofa single piece `of leather closed by al single seam extending from top,to bottom offthe leg,`as above described; and I believe thisinventionto be: substantially new an1d"useful.`^ t t E Having `thusfullyjdescrib "d my invention, what I claim and desire to securebyLetters Patent of the UnitedStates is y l The above "described mode ofmakinglthe leg of the boot, the leather being folded `in front and thecrimp `hammered inj instead of crimping in the `usual way, and theianklebeing completed bya Singleseam and one piece of leather substantially asset forth for the purposes described.` 1* `3 y .BETER KEFFER.`Witnesses: i t i D. C. I-IELLEE," DANIEL BREED.

